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@MetroLosAngeles Twitter Tuesday

Welcome to Twitter Tuesday, a weekly feature here at The Source in which we’ll round up the latest Metro related tweets in the Twitterverse. To follow Metro on Twitter just search for @MetroLosAngeles. We recommend adding the #MetroLosAngeles tag to your tweets to get our attention.

And when it comes to complaints, the best way to get them addressed is to use theCustomer Comment Form on Metro.net. There you can provide all the detail needed so that customer service reps may best address your problems.

#MetroFail

plusMETRO This lady tried and failed to pay for a Big Blue Bus fare with a @metrolosangeles TAP card! How embarrassing … for the Transit Agencies.

sunny_Menagerie This bus was over a half hour late…@metrolosangeles makes me want to listen to BLG & 30 seconds to mars while watching traffic light

yestraskYeah @metrolosangeles, I wanted to spend over an hour of my Saturday night not with my friends, but waiting for the 4. Get it together.

the_antyi will never understand why typing in actual @metrolosangeles station names doesn’t always work on mta.net route planning

Kythera Bus 5185 (westbound 108) is OUT of transfers?? Would have been nice to know before I paid for one. @metrolosangeles

Any chance Metro can do something about the aggressive behavior of subway passengers who insist on racing down the escalator stairs, elbowing on the narrow stairs past those passengers who choose to use the escalator properly? If you are in such a hurry, take the stairs.

My husband is blind and he’s tired of being pushed aside, losing his balance and having strangers nudge him with their elbows to get out of their way as he’s riding up or down on the Metro escalators in the subway terminals. One of these days, an elderly, handicapped passenger, or a mother holding a baby in her arms is going to get hurt by these Nascar-on-foot racers who think the object of the game is to get to the bottom of the escalator first. Take the stairs if you’re in such a hurry.

I think it would be a great idea if MTA could occasionally position the same security people/law enforcement folks who check for fare evaders at the bottom of the escalator. If even one passenger is issued a citation for this aggressive behavior, it won’t happen again, because people complain loudly to friends, co-workers and relatives whenever they get a citation or a ticket.